r/computer

I’m trying to get a new setup but I don’t really want to keep upgrading parts every year. I’m wondering if it’s still realistic to build or buy something that stays strong for a few years without needing changes.

What would you consider the best gaming pc approach for long term use, and what specs should I aim for if I want it to stay relevant for a while? thanks

I’m wanting to buy my partner a new gaming pc for his birthday, as his previous computer shat it’s self, but he can’t currently afford to replace it.
The problem is, I know absolutely nothing about pcs.
I’m wanting advice or a point in the right direction of a decent pre built gaming pc, within the budget of about $1500 (which I’m aware isn’t a huge budget, but hopefully big enough to get something that’s not too bad).
Any advice or links would be greatly appreciated. 💗

Hi,

I own a home health agency and we scan/file countless documents. Like 200 papers per week get scanned and filed onto a computer. The all in one hp we’ve had for a couple years is insanely slow now (like 15 minutes to open a single document + 20 mins to even load up) So it’s nearing the end. Luckily I have crash plan incase it blows. But I need a computer that can handle having all of those documents in it and is user friendly for office workers. Any ideas??

Thank you!!

My computer died the other day.

The motherboard has been replaced.

My power supply was replaced.

The cpu might need replaced but the fan spins there doesn't appear to be any damage.

When it died originally it just turned off and wouldn't turn back on at all.

So we got the power supply and when that didnt fix the issue we replaced the motherboard.

Im asking for any advice even if it might be obvious.

It's super easy to miss things even if it should be know.

Let me start by saying yes, I am an idiot. No defense or excuses. I ran out of space and didn’t want to screw around with external storage or putting in additional storage, so I ran a duplicate finder. And yep, you guessed it, I deleted all of the duplicates without looking at them. Stupid rookie move. I am not an expert by any means, but I should have known not to do that. Now the stupid thing won’t boot up. Tried ALL of the fixes and recovery options, a recovery usb, and a windows installation usb. Nothing, just errors.

It is an Acer Nitro 5 that was working great, even after 4 years of regular use. Just ran out of space, knew I had a lot of old junk files and thought I could do it the easy way. Now I am frustrated and annoyed.

Any suggestions? I am not that worried about my files. Most of it is on my one drive and pics are all backed up to other storage. There are a few craft files I might lose, but I can live with it. I just can’t afford to replace this darn thing right now.

I have a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700KF with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB) and 16.0GB of RAM. However I believe the GPU is dying because it keeps crashing the monitors daily while even playing fairly old games like Fallout 4 and FFXIV and I have to reboot now like 3-4 times a day. It wasn't always like this but the problem just keeps getting worse and worse.

I need a new replacement computer, one that's reliable, can run two 4k monitors at once and can play Baldur's Gate 3 on a very high setting, smoothly. However I will need to mail-order this computer because I live on an island with no Best Buy or equivalents, any recommendation? I'd want a complete desktop, not one with a placeholder parts that require additional assembly. Also the ability to easily open a side door for additional cooling would be handy.

Hi everyone, maybe a strange request- but I'm looking to buy a laptop that I can use only for writing when I go off the grid out in nature or travel internationally. I want something that can handle dirty environments, bangs and scrapes, and has battery to last me at least 12 hours.
The main things I'm looking for are:

#1. Long battery life
#2. Durable and long-lasting/easily repairable
#3. Cheap. I can easily buy another or if it gets ruined/stolen - no biggie.
#4. Has a excellent outdoor brightness or screen visibility
#5. Has a lot of screen space

Bonus points for:

1. Can handle hot and dry environments very well
2. Has swappable or external battery options for extendable life/charging
3. Lightweight
4. Maybe some tablet/keyboard recs that do all the things?

I'm not brand loyal and don't care about ecosystem or OS. I'm just not as much of a tech-savvy human so nothing custom please. Never used Linux either but open to it. Hit me with whatever you guys think is best.

The Form
-fill in by replacing text in and removing the square brackets to answer-
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE
Country: USA (Los Angeles)
Budget: $50-$500
Are you open to refurbs/used options?
Yes
Screen size
Any
Weight limit
None
Purpose
Writing
Form factor
Any
Intended usage
Word, scriptwriting software
Desired battery life
As long as possible
Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life
battery life
PLEASE REMEMBER LAPTOPS ARE A COMPROMISE AND PERFORMANCE SACRIFICES LIGHT WEIGHT AND LONG BATTERY LIFE ETC]
Info/Requirements
I’m ok with any weight or size.

I can only afford either the 9060 or the ram not both

my boyfriends pc (runs windows, sorry im not very technical) has suddenly started acting weird.

he’s been playing games on it fine all evening, he powered it on again just now and before he could log in it rebooted by itself saying “your device ran into a problem and needs to restart”, and then it was fine for a couple minutes, then it did the same thing, but without the popup (just restarted with no “your device ran into a problem”). he’s checked the main problems it could be but it seems to be completely fine??
any ideas of what could have happened/be happening is greatly appreciated as we are both worried. thanks

I need some help in choosing a good laptop.
I'm graduating soon, and need a new laptop for college. my parents said they don't mind any cost, but I'd appreciate something leaning towards the cheaper side.
I need to use it to be able to run:
Photoshop/Illustrator
Steam Games
and, of course, be able to do school work on, but if it can run those two things then it'd be able to do school work anyways.
thanks so much for the help :)

I got my old gaming PC back from my buddy and have been slowly upgrading it. I recently ran into this issue where either on startup my PC would have no display or I would either be gaming or even doing simple tasks and my screen would go black, only for me to restart it and still have no display. All fans are running and everything seems to be turning on just fine. I have found that the only thing that will fix it is resetting the bios via CMOS battery. My specs are
ASUS Tuf Gaming X470-Plus MOBO
AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB GPU
Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600Mhz (Dialed down to 3066)
Corsair rm750e 750 watt PSU
I have been having this issue and have replaced the RAM, PSU, Fully updated GPU drivers at 26.1.1 AMD software. Windows 11 at the latest update, swapped cables and monitors and installed all these parts only for it to keep happening. I have even used the AMD driver tool and the DDU method to see if it’s a corrupted driver. While gaming all my temps are in good shape and stay pretty cool. I have even dialed down my GPU clock speed down to a max of 1296Mhz to see if that was the issue. So far the only way I’ve been able to get display back is by resetting the CMOS battery which is also brand new. I really need help.

Hi lovely people! I am looking at a new pc since my old one (rtx 3060, i5 11400f, 16gb ram) is starting to struggle a lot. I am not good with building one myself so I was looking for a prebuilt and I think I found a good one but I am not very knowledgeable on a lot of computer related things so I came to ask! is this a good pc and is it even worth to buy a pc right now since there might be improvements coming I am unaware of.
it costs 1770 euros
Amd ryzen 7 9700x
Rtx 5070
32 gb ram ddr5 in a 2x 16 configuration
Amd a620 motherboard

Thank you for any insight you may provide 😃